NHL Trade Rumors: Rounding Up Latest Buzz Surrounding Potential Deals

What, think the only thing that matters in the NHL offseason is the first 24 hours of free agency?

Try again. Sure, the period that saw in the neighborhood of $500 million thrown around was entertaining (and sure to be mostly heartbreaking in hindsight), but the trade block remains alive and well, like it or not.

There, franchises continue to wheel and deal in the hopes of rounding out what should by now be mostly complete rosters with the draft and opening salvos of free agency extinguished.

Here's the problem for Mr. Reimer. For one, his numbers are not all that staggering:

SEASON

GP

GA

GAA

SA

SV

SV%

SO

'10-'11

37

90

2.60

1134

1044

.921

3

'11-'12

34

97

3.10

974

877

.900

3

'12-'13

33

76

2.46

995

919

.924

4

'13-'14

36

98

3.29

1095

997

.911

1

ESPN

Two, Leafs general manager Dave Nonis does not seem so sure about moving Reimer at all, as captured by Sportsnet's Mike Johnston: “If there is a deal that makes sense for us, then we would look to do it. If not, James is a good goalie. He’s not far removed from having some spectacular numbers.”

It increasingly sounds like Reimer may not get his wish, which makes for one interesting situation. Except for the Leafs faithful, of course.

Vincent Lecavalier on the Move?

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It seems but a matter of time before the Philadelphia Flyers ship away center Vincent Lecavalier.

The Flyers are over the cap, and Lecavalier represents a $4.5 million hit this year and each year through the 2017-18 season, per Spotrac. So it makes sense that Philadelphia would want to move on, especially with his 37 points being his lowest total since 2001-02, sans the lockout year.

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According to Tim Panaccio of CSN Philly, the Flyers had deals fall through with both the Florida Panthers and Nashville Predators. He detailed just how dire things are in Philadelphia:

While they could still sign players and worry about the cap later (10 percent overage allowed), the fact they haven’t been able to shed Lecavalier’s contract -- even allowing his agent, Kent Hughes, to negotiate on his own -- shows you just how bad things are.

To further the problematic situation, TSN's Darren Dreger confirms that Lecavalier just picked up his costly bonus:

Vincent Lecavalier received his $2 mil bonus today. Perhaps, a trade easier to facilitate now with that detail out of the way.

Lecavalier is sure to get dealt now that the bonus is out of the way. Really, he has to—the Flyers can't keep him around with the understanding that he is a defensive liability and clearly cannot play the wing at a high level.

Honestly, Lecavalier's time in Philadelphia was cut short the minute coach Peter Laviolette was fired after the 0-3 start last year. He was brought in specifically for that system and has floundered since. Expect him to land in Nashville soon with the bonus out of the picture.

Red Wings on the Hunt

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The Detroit Red Wings are clearly not happy campers after whiffing in a big way during the critical first few hours of free agency.

After finishing fourth in the Atlantic Division at 39-28-15, it was important for general manager Ken Holland and his staff to retool the roster in a proper manner.

To be fair, Holland did what he could. Matt Niskanen decided Detroit was not a noteworthy destination, and the offer the Red Wings sent out for Dan Boyle was simply not enough, as illustrated by Ansar Khan of MLive.com:

Wings offered Dan Boyle three years at $12.5 million ($5M, $5M and $2.5M) but he took two years, $9 million from Rangers.

Giving up assets to acquire talent is no fun for Red Wings faithful accustomed to seeing their favorite team be an ideal destination for the sport's biggest stars.

To help mitigate what is a leaking roster, the team did bring back Kyle Quincey, but at some point Holland and Co. are going to have to find a partner on the trade phones and upgrade the defense. If not, the downward spiral will only continue.